|
read off
|
read quicky
or fluently
|
He read off
the names of the places he had visited.
Leyó rapidamente la lista de lugares que había visitado. |
|
read into
|
find other
meanings
|
You are
reading too
much
into her
remarks.
Le estás dando demasiada importancia a sus comentarios. |
|
read on
|
continue
reading
|
"Read on, please", said Mr.
Puentes.
"Continúa leyendo, por favor", dijo el Sr. Puentes. |
|
read out
|
read aloud,
in a loud voice
|
Everybody listened as Walter
read his report out.
Todos escuchaban mientras Walter leía su informe en voz alta. |
|
read over
|
examine
thoroughly
by reading |
He read my short story over and
gave me his opinion.
Leyó con atención mi cuento corto y me dio su opinión. |
|
read up on
|
read about,
study
|
Whenever we travel, my wife and
I like to read up on the
places we are going to visit.
Cada vez que viajamos, a mi esposa y a mí nos gusta leer anticipadamente
acerca de los lugares que vamos a visitar. |
|
reason out
|
reach a
result by reasoning (separable) |
I cannot
reason out an answer to this problem.
Me cuesta encontrar una respuesta a este problema. |
|
reason with
|
try to
persuade
|
It is really hard to
reason with an angry person.
Es muy difícil tratar de convencer a una persona enojada. |
|
reckon in
|
include
|
When I was
counting up the money I had spent, I forgot to reckon in the three books I
had bought the day before.
Cuando estaba verificando el dinero que había gastado, olvidé
incluir tres libros que había comprado el día anterior. |
|
reckon on
|
calculate
on
|
I hadn't
reckoned on being the center of attention in your
party.
No estaba en mis cálculos ser el centro de atención de tu fiesta. |
|
reckon up
|
count up,
find the total
number
or amount of |
He quickly
reckoned up the bill and wrote a cheque.
Rápidamente calculó la cuenta y extendió un cheque. |
|
reel off
|
say quickly
and without effort,
recite a long list |
The student
reeled off the names of twenty famous scientists.
El estudiante recitó los nombres de veinte cientificos famosos. |
|
rely on
rely upon
|
depend on with confidence
|
You can rely on us to help you
pass your exam.
Puedes confiar en nosotros para ayudarte a pasar tu examen.
|
|
render up
|
give up
|
The
noblemen had to render up their lands to the conqueror.
Los nobles tuvieron que entregar sus tierras al conquistador. |
|
ring off
|
put down
the telephone
|
Helen
suddenly rang off in the middle of the conversation.
De repente Helen cortó la comunicación telefónica en medio de la
conversación. |
|
ring up
|
telephone
|
Ring me up
at six o'clock.
Llámame por teléfono a las seis. |
|
rip off
|
1) tear off
quickly
|
1) She
ripped the coat cover off but saw nothing underneath.
Ella desgarró el forro de la chaqueta pero no halló nada dentro. |
|
2)
cheat, take advantage of,
steal, rob (high prices) |
2)
"Don't buy anything
at Kacharol.
They'll rip you
off".
"No compres nada en Kacharol. Te estafan (con los precios)". |
|
rise above
|
be superior
to
|
Rising
above his circumstances, he studied at OM
Personal for free and he managed to succeed.
Superando su situación, estudió en OM Personal gratuitamente y
logró alcanzar el éxito. |
|
rope in
|
persuade to
help, induce
someone to join a cause
|
We roped in
everyone we could to help with this good cause.
Persuadimos a todos los que pudimos para ayudar en esta noble
causa. |
|
round off
|
1) complete
with
a suitable ending
|
1) He rounded off his speech by
thanking everyone who assisted him in his project.
Finalizó (redondeó) su discurso agradeciendo a todos los que lo habían
ayudado en su proyecto. |
|
2) express as a round
number |
2) The grocer rounded $102, 70
off to $103,00.
El almacenero redondeó dólares 102,70 a dólares 103,00. |
|
rub off
|
remove a
mark by rubbing
|
She rubbed the soot off easily
with this new product.
Quitó todo hollín fácilmente frotando con este producto nuevo. |
|
rub off on
|
acquire
from someone
|
Some of his enthusiasm has
rubbed off on me.
He adquirido (se me ha pegado) algo de su entusiasmo. |
|
rub out
|
erase
|
Be sure to
rub out all the pencil marks.
Asegúrate de borrar todas las marcas de lápiz. |
|
rub up
|
1) polish
up
|
1) He asked the goldsmith to
rub up the ring.
Le solicitó al joyero que puliera su anillo. |
|
2) revise
|
2) Miguel started visiting OM Personal two years ago
as he wanted to rub up his English.
Miguel comenzó a visitar OM Personal hace dos años porque quería
repasar su inglés. |
|
rule out
|
exclude,
remove from consideration
|
The reporter said that none of
the possibilities mentioned can be ruled out
yet.
El reportero comunicó que ninguna de las posibilidades mencionadas
pueden ser descartadas todavía. |
